A Winter Metamorphosis

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White evergreens and wingéd ones, flowering, evolving, emerging from a chrysalis of ice.



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Portal

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Sometimes the light is a threshold; sometimes it's a bridge. Sometimes it's a path of the spirits, one they may traverse both ways. 



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Shawl Dancer

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It's hard to relearn the steps of the dance; harder still when one is never taught them in the first place. Sometimes a visitor comes just long enough to show you that you can do it.



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A Promise

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Some promises cannot be fulfilled within the same generation. It doesn't mean that fate won't help ensure they're kept.


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A Gift

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When things appear out of their proper place and time, it can be a sign of dangers to come. Sometimes, it can also be a gift.



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Emissary

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When a creature arrives out of season, there's usually a reason. Sometimes, it's there to deliver a message from more knowledgeable and powerful beings.




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Translation

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The world is not as hermetic as it seems. Light translates to snow, ice to flame . . . and the soft notes of a small bird to words older than time.


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In Cold Gray Skies

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When skies are cold and gray, things appear out of nowhere: sights, sounds, spirits. Be sure to learn which ones to trust, and which to beware.



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A Cold and Hungry Season

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The wind drives the clouds before it in advance of the storm. Sometimes, it brings darker things with it.




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Fire In the Sky

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Fire in the sky is not always a an ill omen, but it is a warning . . . especially when it appears in the world of dreams.


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Storm's Fire, Clear Sky

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In dreams, the world can change in an instant, or contain opposites simultaneously. Sometimes, weather and spirits of the dream world cross into this one.



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The Little People

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They bear many names, including those of the rocks and rivers, and they are fierce and humorous and powerful beyond what their small stature would suggest. A small gesture of thanks never goes amiss.




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A Bird Out of Season

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Sometimes it's a real bird, sometimes a spirit bird. Sometimes it's both and neither.

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Vantage Pointa

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Dreams and visions can serve as guides, but they can also lead one down a dangerous path. When following them, take care to view them from the proper vantage point.



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Suns and Spirit Dreams

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Sunrise is not the time of dreams, in the ordinary way. But when its rising brings visions and dreams, the spirits who inhabit their realm sometimes take corporeal form. 



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Markers and Mirrors

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Memory is a tricky thing. It brings to mind, unbidden, markers we wish to forget . . . and also summons mirror images to connect us to the ancestors in ways more real than we know.



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Signs and Names

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In dark days, a birth is not always a blessing. Sometimes, a child needs a little help: a guide, a sign, a name.




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Nesting

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A nest implies a home, a place where one is welcome. Sometimes, nesting is not possible, but whatever welcome is offered can be enough.


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Spirit Moon

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The spirit moon lights more than just the night.



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Medicine

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Memory is often a map of scars; medicine is found in a time before memory. 



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